ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,078, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to STABILUS GMBH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Electric motor for driving a vehicle flap, use and method of manufacturing of the electric motor" was invented by Florian Hofer (Neuwied, Germany), Marian Bochen (Eitelborn, Germany), Axel Knopp (Eitelborn, Germany), Sergei Mazepa (Kaisersesch, Germany) and Magnus Hummerich (Dierdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor for driving a vehicle flap is provided, the electric motor including a hollow-cylindrical shaped stator made of a permanent-magnetic material and arranged coaxially to a motor axis, a motor shaft disposed coaxially with the...